U23 World League

Syd Barret
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paavo Salmela got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes, Kustaa Vappula mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester United FC and the Pink Floyd players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kustaa Vappula to maneuver through the defense. Pink Floyd's Fernando Gartxot played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Cantona in the 9th minute of play. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Fabian Bihar hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Veli Siivonen came free, but Fernando Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the game, Manchester United FC's Erik Cantona nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernando Gartxot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 18th minute, Veli Siivonen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fernando Gartxot was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Fernando Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veli Siivonen in the 21st minute of play. Fernando Gartxot came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Manchester United FC's Erik Cantona. But to his dismay, Erik Cantona quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 28th minute, Veli Siivonen made a precise shot to the right of Fernando Gartxot. Pink Floyd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. In the 31st minute, Cristobal Lizer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristobal Lizer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Juha Jokiranta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 39 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Erik Cantona made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Gartxot was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fernando Gartxot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Cantona, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Fernando Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Herkko Ahokorpi in the 43rd minute of the match. Erik Cantona took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fernando Gartxot. Fernando Gartxot dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cirilo Tebaldo made a kick off. With a little luck, Pink Floyd's Fernando Gartxot got control of the ball when Veli Siivonen tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Pink Floyd's Fernando Gartxot got control of the ball when Veli Siivonen tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rasmus Viljanen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Gartxot having to interfere. In the 57th match minute, Pink Floyd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clodoveo Blanco to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Pink Floyd's zone, Rasmus Viljanen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Gartxot came out of the goal and Rasmus Viljanen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paavo Salmela's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 62ndth minute, Fernando Gartxot skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Cristobal Lizer hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Fernando Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rasmus Viljanen in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th minute, Clodoveo Blanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 66 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Rasmus Viljanen made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Gartxot was left in no man's land by his defense there! 69 minutes into the game, Manchester United FC's Paavo Salmela nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Fernando Gartxot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-9. After a defensive mix-up in Pink Floyd's zone, Rasmus Viljanen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Gartxot came out of the goal and Rasmus Viljanen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 73 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Rasmus Viljanen came free, but Fernando Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 78 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Erik Cantona made it 0-11 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Gartxot was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pirkka Rautee sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pink Floyd's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Erik Cantona scored to the left of an out of position Fernando Gartxot, making the score, 0-12. After a defensive mix-up in Pink Floyd's zone, Rasmus Viljanen stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Gartxot came out of the goal and Rasmus Viljanen tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Veli Siivonen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Gartxot having to interfere. Paavo Salmela succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-13 in the 90th playminute. With his leg Fernando Gartxot managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Manchester United FC's Paavo Salmela fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Fernando Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erik Cantona in the 95th minute of play. Fernando Gartxot made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paavo Salmela in the 96th minute.